Biology:Bellura densa
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Short description: Species of moth
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Bellura |
| Species: | B. densa
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The pickerelweed borer moth (Bellura densa) is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from Maryland to southern Florida, west to Indiana and Louisiana.[4]
The wingspan is 35–50 millimetres (1.4–2.0 in). Adults have brown to tan forewings and a reniform spot which is partly filled with orange. Adults are on wing from June to August in two generations in the southern part of the range.
The larvae feed on various wetland plants, including Typha, Pontederia and Eichhornia species. Young larvae feed on the surface, but later instars burrow into the leaves or rhizomes.
References
- ↑ NatureServe (3 March 2023). "Bellura densa". Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.118446/Bellura_densa.
- ↑ Savela, Markku. "Bellura Walker, 1865". FUNET. http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/noctuidae/xyleninae/bellura/index.html.
- ↑ North American Moth Photographers Group. "932518.00 – 9526 – Bellura densa (Walker, 1865) – Pickerelweed Borer". Mississippi Entomological Museum, Mississippi State University. http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=9526.
- ↑ "Species Bellura densa - Pickerelweed Borer Moth - Hodges#9526". Iowa State University. 12 August 2018. http://bugguide.net/node/view/7157.
Wikidata ☰ Q4884214 entry
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